Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

Question 4 • Recovery Content Language Arts 9 - Quarter 2 - 2026/27

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Answer

"a contradiction between what is said and what is really meant"

"the use of humor to emphasize the negative qualities of society"

"a description of something as being smaller or less than it really is"

"the use of an incorrect assumption that forms the basis of an argument"

Rhetorical Devices and Figurative Language in a Speech

Unit 4: Informational Texts-Making a Difference: It's Our World, Too!

Developing an Argument